Britain to Paris

Waterloo Station
It was a sunny day and we took the shuttle back to the airport and took the train to Victoria train station then a train to Waterloo train station to catch the Eurostar to Paris. I enjoyed looking at the country side from the train and was fascinated with all the different types of housing on the way to London from beautiful, huge home on acreages to duplexes to row houses and apartments. I found the multiple houses interesting where they were finished off differently on each side going right down the middle from the peak of the roof.



Eurostar Station
On France’s side the farms were bigger and the houses were different types of styles and brick, with a sprinkling of little villages each with a Church. As we got closer to Paris there were more houses and then apartments and high rise buildings.


When we got to the train station in Paris we got a bus pass which was good for 6 days (passes run Monday to Monday and we came on a Tuesday). Getting the pass turned into an interesting endeavour because we needed a picture for the pass. First we had to get some change, which the stores and shops will not give unless you buy something, but a gentleman hearing me try to get change gave me some. Next there was one of those booths where you can take pictures but of course all the instructions are in French. The first picture we took was way too big so we picked another choice which was smaller but it was like a post card where you were in a prison cell. I took that one and the lady doing the passes thought it was quite funny but said it would be okay she could just cut it down to size.

Street Hotel is on

Hotel Leveque

We managed to get the passes and took subway to the Hotel Leveque. It was like a movie set or one of those huge casinos in Las Vegas that look like you are outside when we were walking down the street to the hotel with all old brick buildings and lots of cafes with outdoor tables and little shops and bakeries along the way (no franchise stores in sight).

They park their cars really close together

The hotel had the cutest little glass elevator Ches and I could just fit in by snuggling up together.

After we settled in we walked down the street and checked some of the menus to decide where to eat, of course they were all in French so that made it a bit difficult. We finally picked one and there was a waitress that spoke English and translated the menu for us and we had some very good pasta. After dinner we went back to the hotel and went to bed as were still pretty tired and still trying to adjust to the time change.